Wendy Montoya Cloonan

Key Qualifications and Skills Leading to Board Nomination

• Government, Legal, and Regulatory—As a public law attorney and a Commissioner of the Port Authority of Houston, Ms. Cloonan brings beneficial experience addressing the relationships among national, state, and local governments and businesses and individuals in our service territory. This experience helps the Board oversee and support the relationships between the Company and its various regulators as the Company continues to execute on our ten-year capital plan.
• Community Involvement—As someone who has deep ties to the Houston community, Ms. Cloonan provides valuable insights regarding how the Company’s policies, and short- and long-term plans, impact our communities.
• Risk Management—As a Commissioner of the Port Authority of Houston, the largest port in tonnage and busiest waterway in the nation, Ms. Cloonan sets policies and guides the port in a constantly evolving environment by balancing leading-edge technologies, including billion-dollar improvements in productivity, reliability, and resiliency, with environmental compliance and community initiatives. This background, as well as Ms. Cloonan’s experience advising clients on capital projects within legal, compliance, and regulatory frameworks, brings a critical perspective to the Board’s enterprise risk management oversight role.

Experience

• Houston Managing Partner (2023 – Present) at Cantu Harden Montoya LLP, a public law and public finance firm
• Founder and Sole Shareholder (2019 – 2022) of The Law Office of Wendy Montoya Cloonan, PLLC, a public law and public finance firm based in Houston, Texas
• Senior Program Officer in Education, Assistant General Counsel and Director of Legal (2015 – 2019) at the Houston Endowment, Inc., a private foundation that partners with other organizations in the non-profit, public, and private sectors to improve quality of life for the residents of greater Houston
• Public law and finance attorney at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP (formerly Andrews Kurth LLP) (2013 – 2015), Schwartz, Page & Harding, L.L.P. (2011 – 2013) and Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. (2006 – 2011)

Other Boards (For Profit and Non-Profit Entities)

• Commissioner, Chair of Community Relations Committee and Governance Committee, and member of Strategic Sourcing Committee, Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and Dredge Task Force Committee—Port Authority of Houston (2019 – Present)
• Vice Chair (2024 – Present) and Board Member (2021 – Present)—Harris County Hospital District Foundation
• Secretary (2023 – Present) and Board Member (2021 – Present)—Advocates of a Latino Museum of Art & Architecture Houston/Harris County (ALMAAHH)
• Board Member—Houston Parks Board (2023 – Present)
• Chair (2024 – Present) and Board Member (2023 – Present)—Harris County One For All Foundation
• Member (2023 – Present), Chapter President-Elect (2023 – 2024) and Chapter President (2024 – 2025)—Young Men’s (and Mothers) Service League
• Board Member—Kinder High School for the Performing & Visual Arts (2024 – Present)

Education and Credentials

• B.A., Yale University
• M.P.P., John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
• J.D., with Honors, The University of Texas School of Law
• National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Directorship Certified®
• National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Effective AI Oversight for Directors Certified®
• Harvard Business School Corporate Director Certificate (Governance, Audit, Compensation)
• Harvard Business School, Certificate in Financial Accounting
• CERT Certificate: Cybersecurity Oversight, Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering
• Digital Directors Network, Certificate in Systemic Cyber Risk Governance for U.S. Public Company Corporate Directors ​